bootstrap dropdown

you can use jquery hover function

you just need to add class 'open' when mouse hover and remove the 'open' class when mouse leave the dropdown

here's my code

$(function(){
    $('.dropdown').hover(function() {
         $(this).toggleClass('open');
    });
});

The best way of doing it is to just trigger bootstraps click event with a hover. This way, it should still remain touch device friendly

$('.dropdown').hover(function(){ 
  $('.dropdown-toggle', this).trigger('click'); 
});

Hover over the nav items to see that they activate on hover. http://cameronspear.com/demos/twitter-bootstrap-hover-dropdown/#

In Twitter Bootstrap is not implemented but you can use the this plugin

Update 1:

Sames question here

An easy way, using jQuery, is this:

$(document).ready(function(){
    $('ul.nav li.dropdown').hover(function() {
      $(this).find('.dropdown-menu').stop(true, true).delay(200).fadeIn(200);
    }, function() {
      $(this).find('.dropdown-menu').stop(true, true).delay(200).fadeOut(200);
    });  
});

This only hovers the navbar when you are not on a mobile device, because I find that hovering the navigation does not work well on mobile divices:

    $( document ).ready(function() {

    $( 'ul.nav li.dropdown' ).hover(function() {
        // you could also use this condition: $( window ).width() >= 768
        if ($('.navbar-toggle').css('display') === 'none' 
            && false === ('ontouchstart' in document)) {

            $( '.dropdown-toggle', this ).trigger( 'click' );
        }
    }, function() {
        if ($('.navbar-toggle').css('display') === 'none'
            && false === ('ontouchstart' in document)) {

            $( '.dropdown-toggle', this ).trigger( 'click' );
        }
    });

});

So you have this code:

<a class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown">Show menu</a>

<ul class="dropdown-menu" role="menu">
    <li>Link 1</li>
    <li>Link 2</li> 
    <li>Link 3</li>                                             
</ul>

Normally it works on click event, and you want it work on hover event. This is very simple, just use this javascript/jquery code:

$(document).ready(function () {
    $('.dropdown-toggle').mouseover(function() {
        $('.dropdown-menu').show();
    })

    $('.dropdown-toggle').mouseout(function() {
        t = setTimeout(function() {
            $('.dropdown-menu').hide();
        }, 100);

        $('.dropdown-menu').on('mouseenter', function() {
            $('.dropdown-menu').show();
            clearTimeout(t);
        }).on('mouseleave', function() {
            $('.dropdown-menu').hide();
        })
    })
})

This works very well and here is the explanation: we have a button, and a menu. When we hover the button we display the menu, and when we mouseout of the button we hide the menu after 100ms. If you wonder why i use that, is because you need time to drag the cursor from the button over the menu. When you are on the menu, the time is reset and you can stay there as many time as you want. When you exit the menu, we will hide the menu instantly without any timeout.

I've used this code in many projects, if you encounter any problem using it, feel free to ask me questions.

This will help you make your own hover class for bootstrap:

CSS:

/* Hover dropdown */
.hover_drop_down.input-group-btn ul.dropdown-menu{margin-top: 0px;}/*To avoid unwanted close*/
.hover_drop_down.btn-group ul.dropdown-menu{margin-top:2px;}/*To avoid unwanted close*/
.hover_drop_down:hover ul.dropdown-menu{
   display: block;
}

Margins are set to avoid unwanted close and they are optional.

HTML:

<div class="btn-group hover_drop_down">
  <button type="button" class="btn btn-default" data-toggle="dropdown"></button>
  <ul class="dropdown-menu" role="menu">
    ...
  </ul>
</div>

Don't forget to remove the button attribute data-toggle="dropdown" if you want to remove onclick open, and this also will work when input is append with dropdown.

This is what I use to make it dropdown on hover with some jQuery

$(document).ready(function () {
    $('.navbar-default .navbar-nav > li.dropdown').hover(function () {
        $('ul.dropdown-menu', this).stop(true, true).slideDown('fast');
        $(this).addClass('open');
    }, function () {
        $('ul.dropdown-menu', this).stop(true, true).slideUp('fast');
        $(this).removeClass('open');
    });
});

I try other solutions, i'm using bootstrap 3, but dropdown menu closes too quickly to move over it

supposed that you add class="dropdown" to li, i added a timeout

var hoverTimeout;
$('.dropdown').hover(function() {
    clearTimeout(hoverTimeout);
    $(this).addClass('open');
}, function() {
    var $self = $(this);
    hoverTimeout = setTimeout(function() {
        $self.removeClass('open');
    }, 150);
});

来自 http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16214326/bootstrap-dropdown-with-hover